{"id":278,"date":"2026-04-22T13:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/?p=278"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:27:22","slug":"gopro-on-the-bike-trying-different-angles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/gopro-on-the-bike-trying-different-angles\/","title":{"rendered":"GoPro on the bike \u2013 trying different angles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve been playing around with different camera setups again, trying to find something that works reliably on the trails. At the moment, the most practical solution is the GoPro 13 on a chest harness. It\u2019s stable, predictable, and doesn\u2019t require constant checking while riding. To keep things simple, I\u2019m using a small remote to control the camera, which is mounted with Velcro on the bike. This allows me to start and stop recording when it actually makes sense, instead of collecting hours of unusable material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"250810 Kardinalgraben \" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-FlZZT-kgGk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is another mount point on the bike as well, positioned under the bike computer. It looks clean and offers a nice perspective. Unfortunately, looks don\u2019t help much when a screw comes loose. That happened once, somewhere on the trails, and I only noticed when it was too late. The camera didn\u2019t survive the impact, which was a clear reminder that minimal setups still need to be absolutely secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One more thing I\u2019ve stopped using entirely is the GPS-based overlays. In the woods, the GoPro GPS is basically useless. Speed, distance, and elevation data jump around wildly and are more misleading than informative. The overlays might look nice on paper, but in real trail conditions they don\u2019t reflect reality at all. Because of that, I won\u2019t use them again in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is still a lot of footage being recorded, far more than I can reasonably moderate or cut. Publishing everything isn\u2019t an option, so most of it remains unlisted on my YouTube account. It\u2019s there, archived, maybe for later \u2013 but for now, the focus stays on riding, not on managing data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been playing around with different camera setups again, trying to find something that works reliably on the trails. At the moment, the most practical solution is the GoPro 13 on a chest harness. It\u2019s stable, predictable, and doesn\u2019t require&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/gopro-on-the-bike-trying-different-angles\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow-4DgCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[20,21],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-mtb","tag-gopro","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailrunning.madmap.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}